Chunichi Shimbun

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chunichi Shimbun
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBlanket (54.6 cm x 40.65 cm)
Owner(s)Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.
PublisherUichirō Ohshima
FoundedSeptember 1942 (Chubu-Nippon Shimbun)
March 1886 (Shin-Aichi)
Political alignmentLeft-wing[1][2]
Progressivism
Social democracy / democratic socialism
Environmentalism
Pro-JSP/CDP
LanguageJapanese
HeadquartersNagoya
CirculationMorning edition: 2,730,228
Evening edition: 481,955
(Japan , average for April–March 2020)
Websitewww.chunichi.co.jp Edit this at Wikidata
Headquarters of Chunichi Shimbun in Nagoya.

The Chunichi Shimbun (中日新聞, Chūnichi Shinbun, Central Japan News) is a Japanese daily "broadsheet" newspaper published in mostly Aichi Prefecture and neighboring regions by Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd[3]. Based in Nagoya, one of Japanese three major metropolitan areas, it boasts the third circulation after the group newspaper Total Yomiuri Shimbun and The Asahi Shimbun. Even the Chunichi Shimbun alone exceeds the number of copies of the Sankei Shimbun. The newspaper is dominant in its region, with a market penetration approaching 60 percent of the population of Aichi Prefecture. The Chunichi Shimbun group also publishes the Tokyo Shimbun the Chunichi Sports, and the Tokyo Chunichi Sports newspapers. The group's combined circulation is more than 4 million, In 2020, the number of circulations was 2,724,823. meaning it ranks third in Japan behind the Yomiuri Shimbun and the Asahi Shimbun.

It is also the owner of the Chunichi Dragons baseball team.

History[]

The newspaper was formerly known as Nagoya Shimbun.[4] From 1936–1940 it owned the Japanese Baseball League team Nagoya Kinko.[4] The paper acquired the Chubu Nihon (now Chunichi Dragons) in 1946.[5]

Foreign Correspondence Network[]

The group has thirteen foreign bureaus. They are in New York City, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Manila, and Bangkok.

Political position[]

The Chunichi Shimbun is one of the most progressive and leftist of the six major newspapers. It supported the Japan Socialist Party in the Showa period, the Democratic Party of Japan in the Heisei period, and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the Reiwa period. Nagoya, where the headquarters is located, is called the Democratic Kingdom (Minshu-Ōkoku, 民主王国).

The two prewar newspapers (Shin-Aichi and Nagoya Shimbun) were conservative in the Chunichi Shimbun, but the founder, , ran for the in 1951 at the recommendation of the Japan Socialist Party (first rejected, 1952). It was elected in the year) and changed to a left-wing newspaper supported by the Japan Socialist Party. The Tokyo Shimbun was once a right wing, but when it was acquired by the Chunichi Shimbun in 1964, it changed to a left wing. Probably because of this, the mass media reforms led by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications under the LDP administration in the Showa era () were treated coldly, and it was not possible to become a national newspaper and to have its own TV station in Kanto. No ( (currently ) was acquired by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, and currently independent stations in the Kanto region such as Tokyo Metropolitan Television and TV Kanagawa are affiliated with the Chunichi Shimbun). Chunichi opposed the JNR division and privatization under the Nakasone administration. It was the only major newspaper against the Koizumi reform, and the Asahi Shimbun and others agreed. Chunichi was the only one who opposed the TPP in a major newspaper (Asahi, Mainichi, Nikkei, Yomiuri and Sankei agreed). He is in a position to defend the labor union. Since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, we have taken an extremely strong anti-nuclear policy and publish articles related to nuclear power every day. It also has a branch office in Fukushima Prefecture (not officially issued).

As a media company, the Yomiuri Shimbun Group and the Fujisankei Communications Group have a deep relationship with the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, while the Chunichi Group is a liberal newspaper and has a deep relationship with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and its predecessor parties (The Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Socialist Party).

It is generally known as a newspaper that speaks for workers' opinions. It opposes the revision of the constitution and the prime minister's visit to Yasukuni Shrine.[6]

This newspaper is skeptical of the death penalty.[7]

Group companies[]

Mass media[]

See also: Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting and Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations

The following broadcasting stations are jointly funded by other major newspapers.

Sports[]

Others[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "国会議員の４割が参加する謎の団体「日本会議」とは | フランスメディアが徹底取材！". 24 August 2015.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130610184613/http://www.sanspo.com/baseball/news/20121013/gia12101305020000-n2.html
  3. ^ 株式会社中日新聞社, Kabushiki-gaisha Chūnichi Shinbunsha
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nagoya Kinko", Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed Mar. 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Chubu Nihon," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed March 8, 2015.
  6. ^ "新聞を徹底比較!!(読売・朝日・毎日・日経・中日・産経)".
  7. ^ https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/shizuoka/tokai-news/CK2019112302000110.html 死刑を考えるシンポ 袴田巌さん出席:朝夕刊:中日新聞しずおか

External links[]

Retrieved from ""